Intel Core i9-11980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6435 points

0.30% slightly better overall score

6416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

0.57% slightly better gaming score

8665 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points

0.56% slightly better multitasking score

5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points

0.91% slightly better heavy workload score

5516 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10988 points

98% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

5539 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

139.36 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

4.59 GHz

76% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

236th of 1,118

237th of 1,118

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-11980HK vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-11980HK beats the Ryzen 5 5600GT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600GT in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600GT has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600GT CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.